Bad wintry weather for areas impacted by earthquakes and tsunamis

Bad weather returns to the worst affected areas affecting the distribution of goods.  See  United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Relief Web 

Summary Link to March 21 # 10 update attached.

The report also quotes World Bank saying it will take Japan 5 years to rebuild what was destroyed by the big quakes and tsunamis.

It also adds to our growing directory of useful links:

• Crisis Commons has put together a Japan Data Profile wiki containing various data sources relevant to the Japan earthquake and tsunami response: http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/Japan_Data_Profile

• Gov of Japan info http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/index-e.html in English.
• IAEA updates on evolving situation in Japan. http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/tsunamiupdate01.html and http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/
• Recent radiation readings http://eq.wide.ad.jp/index_en.html in English, with comparison of what is normal daily life, and http://eq.sakura.ne.jp.
  
  • Radiation + Wind = go where? http://japan.resiliencesystem.org/winds-japan-power-plants-should-send-radiation-out-sea
• World Health Organization (WHO) info on health risks associated with various levels of radiation, with some FAQ on Japan situation. http://www.who.int/hac/crises/jpn/faqs/en/index.html
• OCHA = UN agency in charge of coordination of humanitarian relief.  Their Relief Web hosts regular updates from many humanitarian efforts at http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf including the Japan crises.